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Quad/Graphics Dubuque plant facing closure

Quad/Graphics said this week it will close its Dubuque, Iowa book printing plant and transfer the work to its other facilities.

HP unveils latest digital wallcovering range

HP is offering users of its Designjet and Scitex latex printers a free one-year trial to the HP WallArt Solution, a cloud-based service that will help printers capture a share of the growing custom...

Kodak losses near $1bn in nine months

Kodak's pre-tax and net losses averaged more than $100m (61m) a month in the first nine months of 2012, according to its combined statement for the period to 30 September 2012.

Contego completes 81m Cartons sale

Contego Packaging has completed the 81m sale of its food and beverage cartons business, Contego Cartons, to US food specialist Graphic Packaging.

Ipex 2014 hit with second major digital withdrawal

Next year's Ipex exhibition has suffered the withdrawal of a second major digital press manufacturer.

North Plains outlines DAM vision following Vyre acquisition

North Plains chief executive James Christopher has outlined his plan to build a hybrid "best in breed" digital asset management (DAM) platform in the wake of the Canadian firm's latest acquisition.

Kodak completes $525m patent sale to consortium including Fujifilm

Kodak ended months of speculation by announcing it has completed a series of agreements to sell more than 1,000 digital imaging patents to a consortium for $525m.

Netpage's Digital Twin could be a boost for printed magazines

Lenexa, Kansas-based Netpage has unveiled an augmented reality app that lets readers clip, save and share content from printed pages to their mobile device.

Benford announces partnership with Pierry Manufacturing

UK-based drying systems manufacturer Benford UV has expanded its footprint in the US by announcing a partnership with Motnana-based Pierry Manufacturing.

Prismaflex launches self-powered outdoor displays

Prismaflex, the international outdoor media specialist, has created the first out of home advertising display that is entirely energy self-sufficient, with the launch of its solar-powered Autonomous...

EFI unveils Fiery Workflow Suite

EFI has launched a digital workflow to allow large single and multi-site printers to manage job submission, prepress, colour management and output across multiple digital print engines.

Adobe unveils Creative Cloud Team

Adobe has rolled out the enterprise version of Creative Cloud, the low-cost, software-as-a-service (saas) version of its Creative Suite and other creative software tools.